Open-air museum of folk architecture and housing “Ozertso”

It is a charming tiny village situated on the picturesque banks of
the river Ptich. Examples of wooden folk architecture of all regions of
Belarus are represented here.

Peasant
houses, barns, windmills, churches, a tavern - all buildings were
moved from different parts of the country and brought together in one
place. All this is genuine.

Pieces of villages
having been kept up from previous centuries till nowadays introduce the
rural style of life in different parts of old Belarus. The
architecture, an interior of the houses, numerous domestic utensils,
articles of applied arts, agricultural implements used by the rural
population in the past show us the way of life of our ancestors.

Belarusian state museum of national architecture and
life (belor. Беларускі дзяржаўны museum national архітэктуры i побыту) is
located in the southwest from Minsk, in the village Ozerco (Minsk district).

It is based on December 9, 1976. The creation of a
museum was preceded by a number of articles on pages of republican editions
about need of preservation of monuments of wooden architecture and national
material culture.

About 40
architectural exhibits of national construction grouped in expositions are
concentrated on the area of a museum: Central Belarus, Poozerye, Podneprovye.